channel island

1. 1.

   any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France

   Broaderisland

   NarrowerJerseyGuernsey

   Part ofEnglish ChannelBritish Isles

Questions about channel island

What does channel island mean?

channel island means "any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France".

Is channel island a common word?

channel island is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.